List of Figures
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
1. Religion and Neoliberalism: Navigating the Uncertainties of an Unstable Era, Mathew Guest (Durham University, UK) and James S. Bielo (Northwestern University, USA)
Part 1: Theorising the Religion-Neoliberal Relationship
Section Introduction, Mathew Guest (Durham University, UK)
2. Smash Temples, Build Temples. Religion from Nation-State to Neoliberalism in Modern China, François Gauthier (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, India)
3. Religious Markets in European Countries: Revisiting Rational Choice Theory, Jörg Stolz (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) and Jeremy Senn (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
4. Religious Freedom, Neoliberalism and the Right to Discriminate, Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa, Canada) and Edmundo Maza (University of Ottawa, Canada)
5. Neoliberalism and the Marketization of Religious Organizations in Western Societies, Marcus Moberg (ÅboAkademi University, Finland)
6. Optimized; Spiritualized: Religion and Neoliberalism in the “Self Esteem” Movement, Judith Brunton (Rice University, USA) and Cody Musselman (University of Notre Dame, USA)
7. AI, Religion, and Neoliberalism: From 'Thin Pagan Religion' to 'Appifying' Jesus, Beth Singler (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Part 2: Subjectivities of Neoliberal Religion
Section Introduction, James S. Bielo (Northwestern University, USA)
8. Leading the Neoliberal Church: Meaning-Making in Christian Leadership Development Conferences, John Coggin (Durham University, UK)
9. Better Muslims or Better Capitalists? Assemblages of Neoliberal Islam in Southeast Asia, Daromir Rudnyckyj (University of Victoria, Canada)
10. An Unlikely Champion of Prosperity? Technologies of Resilience and the Spanish Gitano Apostle, Antonio Montañés Jiménez (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
11. Deathstylisation: Spirituality, Feminism and Capital in the Death Positive Movement in Australia and Beyond, Hannah Gould (University of Melbourne, Australia) and Anna Halafoff (Deakin University, Australia)
12. Self-cultivation and Communal Engagements: Remaking Jewish Spirituality under Neoliberalism in Israel and North America, Rachel Werczberger (The Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College, Israel)
13. Optimizing Prayer: The Rosary and Everyday Neoliberalism in the Age of Tech, Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada (Kalamazoo College, USA)
14. Exorcism and Deliverance: The Devil as the Scapegoat of Neoliberalism, Adam Possamai (Western Sydney University, Australia)
15. Marriage, Islam, and Neoliberal Relations: Narratives of Success in Arab Detroit, Rose Wellman (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA) and Amny M. Shuraydi (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)
Part 3: Aesthetics and Infrastructures of Neoliberal Religion
Section Introduction, James S. Bielo (Northwestern University, USA)
16. Cool Christianity in Brazil: Aesthetics, Aspiration and Neoliberalism, Cristina Rocha (Western Sydney University, Australia)
17. Marketisation and Shopping Mall Megachurches in Indonesia, Jeaney Yip (University of Sydney, Australia) and Susan Ainsworth (University of Melbourne, Australia)
18. Understanding Religious Growth: The Spaces and Infrastructures of Entrepreneurial Religion, Marian Burchardt (Leipzig University, Germany)
19. Chinese Religion in and Beyond Neoliberalization: Markets, Governance, and Moral Economies, Quan Gao (Sun Yat-sen University, China) and Orlando Woods (Singapore Management University, Singapore)
20. Seva as Social Infrastructure: Sikh Ethics and the Neoliberal Politics of Care in Britain, Jaskiran Kaur Bhogal (University of Oxford, UK)
21. Certifying Sepharad: Religious Belonging and Reparative Citizenship in Contemporary Iberia, Idil Özkan (Vanderbilt University, USA)
22. Neoliberal Enchantments: Terror and The Miraculous in Latin America, Rebecca Bartel (San Diego State University, USA)
23. Biospiritualities: Risk and Ritual in Global Circuits of Medical Waste, Britt Halvorson (Colby College, USA)
Part 4: Legacies of Power and Moral Challenge
Section Introduction, Mathew Guest (Durham University, UK)
24. White Christian Libertarianism: How Faith and Freedom Legitimize Inequality, Gerardo Martí (Davidson College, USA)
25. Funding a Neoliberal Future: Political Economy and Religion in the Thought and Philanthropic Vision of John Templeton, Peter N. Jordan (University of Oxford, UK)
26. Seeking Salvation in 'Hell Joseon': Protestantism, Neoliberalism, and Religious Change in South Korea, Mary Briggs (University of Edinburgh, UK)
27. God-Honoring Grifters: How Online Communities Critique Evangelical Content Creators, Caitlin E. Lawson (Emmanuel College, USA)
28. Laughing at Neoliberalism: Christian Counter-Publics and Critiques of Pentecostal Elite Power in Ghana, Anna-Riikka Kauppinen (Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland)
29. Beyond the Iron Cage: Religion, Possibility and Solidarity in the Philippines, Paul-François Tremlett (The Open University, UK)
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